Tag: Cuba
Cubans commemorate 31st anniversary of Cuito Cuanavale at Freedom Park
The Vice President of the Council of State and the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Cuba, Her Excellency Ines Maria Chapman Waugh...
SANDF members acquire specialist skills in Cuba
The latest fruits of the Cuba/South Africa military bilateral co-operation agreement come in the form of 33 SA National Defence Force (SANDF)...
SARS denies weapons on board flight to Cuba
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has refuted media reports that customs officials discovered R4 and R5 rifles, 7.62mm light machine guns...
SA vehicle simulators sent to Cuba for training purposes
The bilateral defence co-operation agreement between Cuba and South Africa now extends as far as sending heavy vehicle training simulators to the...
Millions spent on civil and military flights to and from Cuba
The July C-130BZ flight to and from the Caribbean island republic of Cuba was part of SA Air Force (SAAF) force preparation,...
South Africa still in the dark over SAAF Cuba flight
Opposition Democratic Alliance (DA) party shadow defence and military veterans minister Kobus Marais and defenceWeb are both being kept in the dark...
Parliamentary question asked about C-130BZ Cuba flight as SANDF still silent
With still no word from the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) on the recent C-130BZ Hercules flight to Cuba and back, an...
Destination of mystery air force Hercules flight revealed
A South African Air Force (SAAF) C-130BZ Hercules transport aircraft recently photographed at the remote South Atlantic island of Saint Helena was...
SANDF Chief in Cuba for South African soldiers’ graduation ceremonies
SA National Defence Force (SANDF) Chief, General Solly Shoke, was in Cuba recently for three military graduation ceremonies where South African soldiers...
South African “tiffies” being shown the way by Cuban military mechanics
The Cuba/South Africa exchange of military skills has not only seen qualified mechanics from the Caribbean island nation putting their skills to...